Chess puzzles for Monday, 22 June 2026
Three new puzzles every day: easy, medium and hard. Try each one before you open the solution.
Easy: White to move and mate in 2
White to move and mate in 2. The opponent just played 38... Kg5.
Puzzle rating 960
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, queen endgame, endgame tactic
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39. Qf5+ Kh4 40. Qh5#
FEN: 8/5pp1/pp5p/6k1/2q3P1/4PQ2/P4P2/6K1 w - - 4 39
Medium: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 34... Kb6.
Puzzle rating 1535
Hint
Theme: fork, queen and rook endgame, endgame tactic
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35. Qf6+ Ka5 36. Qxd8+
FEN: 3r4/pp6/1k6/2pPQ3/3rp3/6p1/1K4P1/8 w - - 3 35
Hard: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 39... Kf7.
Puzzle rating 2157
Hint
Theme: quiet move, pawn endgame, endgame tactic
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40. g4 Ke6 41. Ke4 h5 42. gxh5
FEN: 8/5k2/1p5p/p3P1p1/P2K4/1P4P1/8/8 w - - 1 40